Author: Jessica Gibbs Special to The Denver Gazette
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Young Denver Art Museum students learn how to create, sell virtual art
Classrooms at the Denver Art Museum campus buzzed as summer camp students bustled about, huddled around tablets, researching sources of inspiration, and peppering their teacher with questions as they worked. Amid the hum, Harper White, 10, sat at a workspace sketching an intricate design of swirls and flowers while Harrison Ivanoff, 10, was fast at…
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Lisa Roy set to lead newly created Colorado Department of Early Childhood: ‘I bring lived experience’
In May, Gov. Jared Polis announced that Lisa Roy was the sole finalist to lead the newly created Colorado Department of Early Childhood. Her most recent roles included roughly three years as executive director of early childhood education for Denver Public Schools, where she ran the state’s largest preschool program, and a more than two-year…